Art historian, Elena Kalnitskaya, has been the Director General of the Peterhof State Museum-Reserve since 2009. During her tenure as director, she has organized large-scale restoration work in the palaces and parks of Peterhof and Oranienbaum. She has contributed to the implementation of a large-scale program for the development of the museum: holding major Russian and international exhibitions, organizing scientific conferences, and publishing the catalogs of the collection. She is also the author of over 200 scientific and popular publications dedicated to the history of the culture of the Russian Empire.
